followgreg - 1:25 am on Oct 15, 2007 (gmt 0)

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Now when typing a Unique domain name of one of our Unique brands, only 1 URL shows on Google.com, while the usual 2 url results show on other tld's.

Once again this was a site previously proxy hijacked months ago and quite heavily copied.

I've counted at least 7 major pages that are totally our of the index.

Even sil.y directory listings or forum posts would rank above the site itself for a search like domain name + widget. And that's only on Google.com

I looked into it even more and found out that the same was happening to a couple of competitors. Even worst as 1 of them have their homepage that is not cached.

It's like Google that keep on hitting and hitting again websites that were already victims of scrappers and hijackers. Just like if it was not sufficient to have our copies infringed and Google not being able to recognize the real author.

Really disconcerting. and only on Google.com.

I start wondering if I should ask for re-inclusion. That would totally su.k as I will have to admit we did something wrong and that's not the truth.

I have the feeling that some people have found ways to manipulate Google weaknesses somehow.

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[edited by: tedster at 5:13 pm (utc) on Oct. 17, 2007]